Tag: Sedatives

VUMC receives $7 million award from PCORI to compare breathing tube sedation

sarah JonasAnnouncement

  Vanderbilt University Medical Center has received a $7 million, five-year funding award from PCORI (Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute) to compare two sedatives used to place breathing tubes in the emergency department (ED) or intensive care unit (ICU). To provide support with a breathing machine, doctors must place a breathing tube into a patient’s mouth and throat, and they are given a medication to make them sleep during this procedure.

EMS Ketamine Use on Agitated Patients on Cocaine Increases Intubation 5.75-fold

sarah JonasResearch Results

Patients with excited delirium often are administered ketamine by EMS before arriving at the hospital. Many of them are intoxicated or are using illicit substances, which may alter the properties of ketamine.